"Some people having tetanus booster already have
antibody levels more than 8000 (eight thousand, just in
case you thought I made a typo) times the protective
level needed, suggesting Australia's regime of a
booster every 10 years is in need of a change.
Community physicians say Australia should adopt the UK
regime which advises after five doses further boosters
are unnecessary"

"...This report describes severe, generalized tetanus
in a 29-year old man who had received a primary series
as a child and two booster injections. Serum obtained
before administration of tetanus immune globulin showed
antibody titers to tetanus greater than 100 times the
level considered protective."

My comments. The person had a history of amphetamine
abuse...and although some drugs such as strychnine
which is commonly used in street drugs as a "cutting"
agent, and others such as haloperidol, piperazines and
some antidepressants can cause muscles spasms
reminiscent of tetanus, these drugs can be identified
in the urine.

I have personally known only one person who had
tetanus. She was 26, had also had a primary schedule
and more than one booster, though she didn't know how
many. She was an alcoholic, smoked like a train and
lived on trash-food.

In addition, in Russia in the last diphtheria epidemic,
most of the deaths were in immunized homeless
alcoholics. Says something, don't you think....

Some other things to consider:

New Engl J Med, 1995, March 23, Volume 332, Number 12,
Pgs 761-766: quotes: "one fifth of older children 10 -
16 years of age do not have protective antibody levels"

- yet we do not see rampant tetanus in USA...read on
(nearer bottom) to see maybe why...

BMJ, 13 November 1982, Volume 285 pgs 1393-94.

Tetanus after allogeneic bone-marrow transplantation.

30 year old army sergeant bone marrow transplant for
granulocytic sarcoma. Six years before sustain open
compound fracture of left tibia on army exercises. Pin
and plate inseted. At the time booster anti-tetanus
etc... Obviously received chemo to suppress immune
system. died...from tetanus symptoms, though autopsy
revealed radiation induced pneumonitis, widespread
hypoxic changes throughout cerebral cortex, Acute
tubular necrosis seen in kidneys. No organisms
cultured from lungs or site of pin an fracture. Had
received more than full immunisation schedule..

Interesting comment, since he was given the works
(immunoglobin etc) "Prolonged immunosuppression is seen
after bone0marrow transplantation, and cyclosporin A
may have PREVENTED AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY DONOR
LYMPHOCTYES." i.e. they were immunologicall intact, but
biologically inactive...

Now don't think about that just yet - hold it in mental
suspension until you have read this one:

Quote" As a reaction to the overdose the mean titer as
measured 1 yr later showed a sharp decrease compared to
the level in controls. This can be explained by the
already known fact that repeated exposure to an
antigen, or an overdose of antigen, will not
continually enhance the immune resonse and may lead to
inhibition or tolerance at either T or B cell
level....after booster immunization there is an
increase in the number or activity of suppressor T
lymphocytes as well as a decrease in activity of B
lymphocytes, associated with a decline in the synthesis
of antitetanus toxoid antibodies at different stages
following booster immunization. Moreover, the
magnitutude and duration of a humoral immune response
to a specific antigen can be profoundly influenced by
circulating antibody directed against the antigen. The
excess of antigen may increase the number of B cells.
In addition a possible feedback effect stimulated by
the high level of toxoid antibodies may suppress the
productions of more antibodies at a later date."

Hmmmmm

Can you guys put all that together to come to a logical
conclusion?

Three other points of interest. JAMA Jov 19, 1982, vol
248, No 19. Study done in unvaccinated Amish community
(Amish don't vaccinate normally) "Of the 16 subjects
who demonstrated prior serological experience with
tetanus, diphtheria, or both, six experienced a local
reaction of pain and tenderness nine times, and one 53
year old man had systemic symptoms of fever, headache,
malaise in addition to local reactions after the first
and second immunizations, but not after the third."

Think on that. Why did the immune system not react
after the third? Had it simply had enough? Given up?
And knowing that hyperimmunisation can cause a "stall"
they didn't bother to look at this, but just assumed he
was now "normal" What is normal????

The medical Journal of Australia, August 7, 1976 pgs
216 -220.

Problems in the immunology and control of tetanus.

first, funny quote: "The word average is always
dangerous, as the legendary statistician learned when
he drowned trying to wade across a river with an
average depth of only three feet."

Important quote:

"A quite different picture (antibody response) is seen
in Group 3, showing the responses 28 days after a
single dose of the same toxoid, in a rural, MARGINALLY
NOURISHED, multiracial population of both sexes, with
ages ranging from 15 - 94 years. One third scarcely
responded to a one-dose stimulation with the use of a
high-potency toxoid...The results of tetanus
immunization in the malnourished still have to be
sorted out...For a variety of reasons, there is a
crying need for a study of the immune response in the
context of the biological environment and not as though
it were an isolated in-vitro (laboratory) situation."

And, my friends, these comments were ignored, and the
studies not done... and they vaccinate in refugee camps
children who are about to die, with impunity - not to
mention the generally malnourished, as if these
vaccines will save their lives....

Bangladesh medical Research Council Bulletin, June,
1984/.

Effect of Ascorbic Acid in the treatment of tetanus.
K. Jahan, K. Ahmad and M.A. Ali.

All ages and weights received 1000 mg daily of Vit C as
supplement to conventional treatment(Stupid don't you
think? Should have been dose to weight ratio, as with
antibiotics....)

"...the beneficial effect of AA as seen in this study
appears significant...the studies on human patients of
tetanus and the studies on strychnine toxinosis in
chicks indicate that AA interacts with tetanus toxin as
well as strychnine to reduce their toxic effect
although the mechanism of this interactions is yet to
be understood."

This too, ignored and not studied further...( or as one
NZ doctor said to me "What would a Bangledeshi doctor
know anyway?" My fist remained very still, despite
great temptation.....)
Tetanus the disease versus the vaccine

And from the VacLib website www.vaclib.org/email/tetanustoomany.htm --
Journal of Family Practice, Volume 44, no. 3 March, 1997, pgs 299 - 303. Elevated Antitoxin Titers in a Man with Generalized Tetanus."...This report describes severe, generalized tetanus in a 29-year old man who had
received a primary series as a child and two booster injections. Serum obtained before
administration of tetanus immune globulin showed antibody titers to tetanus greater than
100 times the level considered protective."
My comments. The person had a history of amphetamine abuse...and although some drugs such as
strychnine which is commonly used in street drugs as a "cutting" agent, and others
such as haloperidol, piperazines and some antidepressants can cause muscles spasms reminiscent
of tetanus, these drugs can be identified in the urine.
I have personally known only one person who had tetanus. She was 26, had also had a primary
schedule and more than one booster, though she didn't know how many. She was an alcoholic,
smoked like a train and lived on trash-food.
In addition, in Russia in the last diphtheria epidemic, most of the deaths were in immunized
homeless alcoholics. Says something, don't you think....
And finally, one former VacLib member told us of her experience having tetanus. She was in her
mid-forties and had cut her foot on a heating vent in the floor. Keep in mind that this wound
was deprived of oxygen since she likely wore shoes and socks on a daily basis. She told us that
she was quite ill for about two months. She recovered completely by detoxifying her body
through colon cleansing, modified fasting and taking high quality enzymes.